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Category Archives: History
Sending Congress Underground
Did you know that there used to be a giant underground installation that was meant to house all of Congress – the Senate and the House – in the event of a likely Soviet nuclear attack? It was housed underneath … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Atomic Bomb, Bunker, Congress, Eric Schlosser, Greenbrier Hotel, Nuclear
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Organizational Cultures – a Matter of Life & Death Part I
For a few years, I’ve been interested in the formation, sustaining, and analysis of organizational culture. This refers to the ways in which organizations – be they corporations, universities, government agencies, charities, etc – operate. This operation necessarily includes both … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, History
Tagged Challenger, deviance, disaster, NASA, organizational culture, risk, shuttle
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Booker T. Washington Checks Out of a Hotel…
1903 was a particularly difficult year for African Americans, as described in Douglas Blackmon’s book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. In that year alone, at least 85 African Americans were … Continue reading
Posted in African American Lit, History, Teaching
Tagged Black, Booker T. Washington, classroom, Douglas Blackmon, Indianapolis, peonage, race, racism, teaching
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